Naomi Campbell (born May 22, 1970) is an iconic English supermodel, actress, singer and author.
Campbell was born in London, England. Her mother was a ballet dancer, Valerie Campbell, who told Arena in 1996 that her daughter's unnamed father is a mixed-race man of part-Chinese ancestry.
She attended Dunraven School, a comprehensive school run by Inner London Education Authority in Streatham and attended the London Academy for Performing Arts.
A graduate of the Italia Conti Academy stage school, Campbell's first appearance to a wider public was in February 1978 when she was cast as a pupil to appear in a music video with Bob Marley for his song Is This Love?. In 1982, she appeared in another music video, this time as a tap dancer for Culture Club's "I'll Tumble 4 Ya".
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